Windows Contract Job Trends in Fleet

Microsoft Windows
Hampshire > Fleet

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Fleet requiring Windows skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Fleet 20.00% - 12.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 50.00% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £470 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £524 - -
90th Percentile £538 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -

All Operating Systems
Fleet

Windows falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Fleet.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fleet 40.00% - 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £447 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 - -
75th Percentile £537 - -
90th Percentile £539 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% -1.85%

Windows
Job Vacancy Trend in Fleet

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Fleet.

Windows job vacancy trend in Fleet

Windows
Daily Rate Trend in Fleet

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fleet citing Windows.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fleet citing Windows

Windows
Hourly Rate Trend in Fleet

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fleet citing Windows.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fleet citing Windows

Windows
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fleet by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Entra ID
2 4 (57.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) CyberArk Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Project Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Mac OS
1 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Business Strategy
1 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
1 5 (71.43%) IT Strategy
1 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) Application Packaging
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Thought Leadership
2 4 (57.14%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Zero Trust
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) RBAC
4 2 (28.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (57.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Master's Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) GDPR
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) SCCM
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Citrix
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) CyberArk
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow